
The story isn’t finished.
Neither am I.
This isn’t a story of rock bottom to redemption. It’s about the messy, unglamorous middle — dismantling what was while still living what is. Parenting through grief. Holding it together for everyone else while quietly falling apart. Finding your way back into your own story, one scene at a time.
I Was Fine, Thanks For Asking is for the in-between generation — the ones taught to bite their tongue while raising kids to use theirs. With dark humor, emotional precision, and zero interest in playing nice, I invite you to grieve without guilt, mother without disappearing, and torch the script for the life you were told to want.
I write about the stuff most people gloss over — the moments that break you, reshape you, and make for awkward dinner conversation. The things you survive without a roadmap or even the right shoes.
This isn't about chasing a perfect life. It’s about living the real one — the kind where you run a business between orthodontist appointments, eat cold leftovers at 10 p.m., and try to remember the last time you didn’t feel behind.
I grew up in a small town in Maine, which gave me two things: A sharp BS detector and the ability to turn just about anything into a story. Now I live just outside Atlanta, raising three kids and two dogs with my husband, running a brand storytelling agency, and collecting material from real life — porch stories, unexpected detours, and the occasional spectacular failure.
Nanci Smith
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